Lavender Pound Cake Ii Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 5/8 - inch loaf pans.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium-size bowl. Pulse 1/2 cup sugar with the lavender in a food processor until lavender is ground.
• In large bowl, beat butter, lavender-flavoured sugar, remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and vanilla until fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at the time. In a small bowl combine sour cream and milk. On a low speed, alternately, beat in flour mixture with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide between pans.
• Bake at 350 F for 55 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool on rack 10 minutes. Remouve cakes from pans and let cool completely.
• DRIZZLE:.
• Microwave water and lavender for 30 seconds on HIGH power. Let stip for 5 minutes. Strain out lavender flowers and discard.
• Once cake is cool, whisk lavender water and the confectioner sugar. Drizzle over both loaves. Slice and serve.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter and lightly flour a 13x9x2" baking pan.
• In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks one at a time.
• On low speed, add cake flour alternately with milk.
• Beat in baking powder and vanilla.
• Beat in lavender flowers.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees, until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out on to a pretty platter and cool completely.

Steps:

• Shift together flour and baking powder, set aside.
• In a large bowl cream butter, add lavender, sugar and lemon zest. Continue beating until light in colour and texture.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating througly after each one.
• Add half of the flour, mix, add milk.
• Fold in the remaining flour, transfer the mixture into a greased and lined 8x4x2 1/2 pan.
• Bake at 325 F for 1 hour, cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan and dust lightly with flour.
• 2. With an electric mixer, cream the butter well. Then cream in the sugar until fluffy and well blended. Beat eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
• 3. Sift together the cake flour, buttermilk powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk, mixing slowly until thoroughly blended. Fold in lavender blossoms.
• 4. Spread batter in prepared pan, and bake about 55-60 minutes, until tester or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5. Cool cake 10 minutes in pan, then remove and finish cooling on wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bundt pan. Cream butter and sugar gradually until fluffy.
• Add flour slowly to creamed mixture. Blend well.
• Add lavender. Then add eggs one at a time until well mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes.
• Cover top with aluminum foil and bake another 30 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from bundt pan and cool on wire rack. Once cooled, invert bundt pan onto serving platter or cake pan. Garnish with fresh lavender stems if desired.
• I like to serve this pound cake with real vanilla ice cream!
• * NOTE: I tested using 3 tablespoons of lavender one time in this recipe and I wouldn't recommend it.